From the same person. This article is amazing:
http://malstrom.50webs.com/birdman.htmlWarning, long response ahead.
Yes, it's a long read, but it sums things up amazingly. I never really realized what Nintendo was doing, but it makes so much sense, and I can see it happening. I've always felt that casual games was a crappy way of describing the games, though part of the idea fit (the fact that many of the people playing the games are non-gamers or ex-gamers). Now I see exactly what's happening, what what "casual" games really are. The only true casual games are the plastic dog games, the absurd attempts at targeting people that many of the developers see as being retarded, and their failure is entirely inevitable, if not destined the moment they began creating those abominations.
I will say though that this article scares me a little bit. Because we know that some time, the low tier games that we see now will overcome the current upper tier games, and eventually replace them. Well, maybe not entirely replace, but the fact of the matter remains that there will be a revolution in the gaming market, and it's only a matter of time. I'm a little scared that I may not even like the games coming out then, despite preferring older games to many of the newer ones (with obvious exceptions. I still find WM2 incredibly fun, considering I've never experienced any lag problems at my friend's place). While I do enjoy playing games like bowling in Wii Sports, I also enjoy games like MW2. I feel like I'm somewhere between the tiers. I like many SNES age RPGs, who lack both in story, and in graphics from the new breed of epic RPG, but are nowhere near the level of the basic RPG that has nothing other than the mechanics of an RPG.
But I'd like to stay optimistic. I personally hope that someone will catch on to what I want, and create something new that catches my attention. There are always people looking to do new things with games, and maybe one of those innovations will catch me. Maybe in the future, when that happens, they too will use disruption to bring about a new era of gaming.
